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| One of 150 species of flora
surrounding the Tabacon Hot Springs Resort |
| Courtesy Tabacon Hot Springs
Resort |
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| The Arenal Volcano is the
most visited destination in Costa Rica. |
| Courtesy ICT |
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| The Resort's tropical gardens
are enjoyed in the shadow of the mighty Arenal
volcano. |
| Courtesy Tabacon Hot Springs
Resort |
When Mr. Jaime Mikowski first visited the restaurant
that now serves the guests of the Tabacon Hot Springs
Resort & Spa, he immediately fell in love with
the place. As an architect, Mikowski envisioned
a resort existing harmoniously within the beautiful
surroundings of Costa Rica. The Tabacon Resort is
now the number one site for visitors to Costa Rica.
There are 73 standard rooms in the resort today and,
for the very chic, nine romantic junior suites with
private garden jacuzzis. All the rooms are beautifully
decorated using natural materials such as wood and
stone. From their private balcony or terrace guests
can look out upon a lush tropical garden as well as
the majestic Arenal Volcano. For anyone who may feel
that their holiday is getting a bit too relaxing,
the tour desk at the hotel offers a variety of options,
the most popular being: a canopy tour, a nighttime
hike to the volcanic rain forest, the nearby Lake
Arenal, as well as, of course, a hike to the most
important active volcano in Costa Rica –the Arenal
Volcano.
Moreover, everyone staying at the Resort has free,
unlimited access to the hot springs, just a few minutes
walk away from the hotel. Transportation is organized
on a regular basis for anyone with special needs,
especially those unexpectedly caught in a tropical
rainstorm. At the hot springs is a restaurant disproving
the notion that buffet-style dinners cannot taste
delicious. The variety of ingredients reminds one
of that paradise which is described in the legend
regarding the Iskandria Spa, and is made all the better
if you can arrange to sit next to the balcony and
watch the red lava streaming down from the crater.
The guest book is full of compliments, but one in
particular stands out: “The hotel, the spa, the
whole concept you have here... outstanding. I have
traveled in more than forty countries and without
exaggeration this is one of my favorite destinations.
Why is it so? It was the first time I managed to forget
about work the same day I arrived at the hotel!”
“When I came here, I felt the complimentary relationship
between nature and the Resort,” says Felipe Seidner,
general manager of the resort. He continues: “This
is why I wanted to develop the resort towards accommodating
nature, as opposed to the other way round; using the
Nature to accommodate us.” Obviously Seidner
has been successful in his vision, as those eighty-plus
rooms are so well hidden that one has difficulty believing
that they actually exist.
Thousands of North Americans and Europeans visit the
resort annually. They have three basic things in mind:
total relaxation, privacy and pampering. No wonder
that so many guests have decided to have their wedding
or honeymoon at the resort. “The setting and
quality are interrelated, and relaxation harmoniously
derives from nature as well as yourself,” says
Seidner, welcoming anyone to personally experience
this luxury at the base of the Arenal Volcano, where
energy just keeps flowing to you. |
